IM The people of Ireland has been celebrating their heritage and culture on St Patrick’s Day annually recognised since 1700s., by holding vibrant green parades wearing shamrocks and fly9ing Irish flags more than usual, around the world including UK, United States, Australia, Dubai and Egypt. Over 400 landmarks in more than 50 countries…
This book began life as an article in the New York Times, recalls women’s lives in the Soviet bloc between the end of the war and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Their labour was needed, so the state enabled them to work by paying for the work that women do: creches, holiday care and…
China’s Great Firewall once a glorified porn filter has evolved into the most sophisticated system of online censorship in the world In China you can erase and delete all your Twitter posts after publishing a data analysis of government officials, plagiarised academic work. Over the past year, Beijing’s censors have for the first time tried…
Interserve, the British outsourcer and one of the UK government’s biggest contractors, has collapsed into administration, wiping out shareholders and raising question over the long-term future of a business that employs 65,000 jobs worldwide. The takeover by debt holders is a serious blow to the sector that has been hit by contract scandals and profit…
Elon Musk, dressed all in black showed off Model Y in front of an adoring crowd of Tesla employees and customers, making an extended rendition of the electric car history before taking credit for what he claimed was its impact on the rest of the automobile industry forcing companies to secure their own futures on…
George Michael ‘s art collection sold for more than £9million as buyers snapped up from across the globe including Damien Hirst and Tracy Emin. Hirst’s 2006 work “The Incomplete Truth” , a dove set in formaldehyde was sold for £911,250 at the Christie’s auction that attracted over 12,000 people from 27 countries raising…
Aspiring fashion designer and Instagram influencer with 1.3 million followers, Felicite Tomlinson – sister of One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson has died aged 18. Louis and Felicite lost their mum Johannah to leukaemia in 2016 and they have five siblings including twins under the age of six. According to Scotland Yard, police were called by…
The US genuflected to global pressure and ordered grounding of Boeing 737 Max aircraft only days after insisting that the plane was airworthy despite two crashes in five months. Canada said it received “new data” on Ethiopian Airlines crash that made them think again and to ground the plane. The US ban was announced…
On March 1st 2019, Sao Paulo Carnival presentations by Nene da Vila Matilde and others including Samabadrome, samba parage, street parties.
Sargento Pimenta blocopaid homage to The Beatles “ Revolution is all we need”. Estacao Primeira de Mangueira won this year’s samba parade competition, telling the history of Brazil from the perspective of the popular, unsung heroes including the murdered council woman, Marielle Franco with the theme “ History for Lulling Adults”. Mangueira collected maximum 10…